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Shelter from the storm
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awelborn
Caring for the newborns: First came the rising floodwaters, and the pregnant woman started praying. Please, she said to herself, please don’t let me give birth to my twins in this hot, dark attic surrounded by water. Finally, using a crowbar and hammer, friends pried open the roof and she made her way out by…
Schools in need
By
awelborn
There are, of course, lots of them along the Gulf Coast now. Here’s one featured in the Providence, RI paper because one of the teachers is a native of the area. Story: The children at St. Peter the Apostle Elementary School in Pascagoula, Miss., had just started their first weeks of school when Hurricane Katrina…
With one finger
By
awelborn
At The Spectator, Shawn Macomber on a remarkable young man: With the calloused end of a single finger, Miles Forma is putting the vast majority of the rest of us to shame. Wheelchair-bound, robbed of his speech and most other movement by cerebral palsy, the 17-year-old Forma could be understandably focused — fixated, even —…
Vatican Watcher goes Renaissance
By
awelborn
…and remarks at the total lack of any Christian characters or imagery at his Renaissance Fair of choice. We used to love to go to the Bay Area Renaissance Faire in Largo, and I always noted the same thing. Well, there would be a blustering bishop roaming around and a drunken friar or two, but,…
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